Re: [Jython-users] Multiple Jython interpreters in different Java threads

[Mats W. <ma...@la...>]

At 12:09 PM 9/28/2001 -0400, Barnabas Wolf wrote:
 >I'm trying to add Python scripting capabilities to an existing Java
 >application.  I would need to be able to execute scripts fully
 >independently in different threads.  I've attempted this by creating
 >an instance of PythonInterpreter in each of the threads.  This approach
 >appears to work, but not perfectly.  For example, all interpreters
 >share the same IO streams -- calling setOut(), setErr(), etc. on any
 >of the interpreters will redirect *all* of the interpreters to the
 >new stream.  This particular problem is not a complete show stopper,
 >but it makes me worry about how independent the interpreters really
 >are.

That's the way threads are supposed to work:  separate
threads of control within a single execution context,
which means they have a lot of resources in common,
including open files.

Mats